Name ________________________________
Dirty Jobs Jobs That Bite (Shark Patroller)
1. What type of fish is used to make shark bait?
salmon
whale
flounder
tuna
2. Seals remain safe from sharks if they are:
in kelp
on the bottom
swimming
light colored
3. When Mike goes into the shark cage, his wetsuit is smeared with:
blood
fish
sunscreen
seaweed
4. Milk sharks got their name because it was once thought that eating their flesh would help:
cure cancer
fight infection
nursing mothers
vision
5. The sharks the most often attack people are the great white, the bull, and the:
hammerhead
nurse tiger
whale
6. What organ accounts for 25% of the shark’s overall weight?
liver
stomach
heart
brain
7. The shark has a muscular stomach because:
it swallows prey whole
it uses those muscle to swim
8. The biggest embryo in a tiger shark’s uterus will eventually:
die
eat its siblings
be absorbed
become female
9. The lower membrane of the shark’s eye raises to protect it when the shark:
sleeps
mates
dives
feeds
10. The sharks around seal island are tagged in order to study their:
feeding behavior
reproduction
migration patterns
personalities
11. Sharks are repelled by:
the color yellow
the small of dead sharks
dolphin blood
human waste
12. Shark repellant could be used by __________ to protect swimmers.
lifeguards
the army
dolphins
parents